To anyone with years of working in commercial retouching the terminology comes naturally, but each of us remembers a time when the language of the industry wasn't quite so clear.
When speaking to an art director who might be...

My passion for retouching was sparked by my dear friend photographer and retoucher Natalia Fadejeva who taught me the basics of the craft about three years ago. In the beginning, as with most things, I was taking it slow through a lot of trial...

There are so many similarities in business practices among different creative fields, that I constantly pick up great advice from brilliant people of completely different professions than my own.
I am a big fan of the great blog for writers Write...